William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City